As rural moves right, Democrats face obstacles

Book-ending the Daily Yonder’s data on Republicans winning a larger share of the rural vote in the mid-term election, political analyst Matt Barron says Democrats face problems ranging from poor recruitment of candidates, “not showing up in small towns to campaign,” hiring consultants who lack rural connections and “bad mapmaking” in the 2010 reapportionment. In Arkansas, Iowa… » Read More

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